STOKE-GOLDINGTON, a parish in the hundred
of NEWPORT, county of BUCKINGHAM, 4 miles (W.S.
W.) from Olney, containing 818 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, united in 1736 to that of Gay hurst, in the
archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £ 14. 6. 3. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. The river Ouse runs through
the parish, in which lime and other stone abound. There
was formerly a chapel at Eakley, which is said to have
been once a distinct parish.